Enhanced specifications
The vessel has a length of 265 m, offering a cargo volume of 138,000 cubic metres over six fixed and three hoistable decks. The vessel is being built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Japan, and is owned by Wallenius Marine. The vessel will be the fourth Mark V vessel built for use by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics.
The entire cargo hold of the MV Parsifal is arranged for customer’s high and heavy cargo such as excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders and harvesters. With a width of 12 m and safe working load of 505 tonnes. Cargo can also be loaded on the weather deck, which features a ramp from the deck below. Three decks can be hoisted by electric winches to provide maximum flexibility and utilisation.
Sustainability features
MV Parsifal is Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ most fuel-efficient vessel to date, thanks to an optimised hull form and a number of energy saving features such as the streamlined rudder design and duck tail. In the engine room an advanced turbo generator produces electricity from the waste exhaust heat. In total, these initiatives help to reduce emissions per cargo unit by 10–15 per cent.
A PureBallast ballast water treatment system is installed on the vessel with a capacity of 1,000 cubic metres per hour, fulfilling International Maritime Organisation’s convention on ballast water treatment.
